Getting a welder's qualification recognised in Germany
German fabricators and shipyards can hire non EU welders. What stops most of them is not the visa — it is recognition. Under the Skilled Immigration Act the…
PERMITS & VISAS
Family reunification for workers in Lithuania
Ask a driver in his second year in Kaunas what he is thinking about and it is rarely the job. It is whether his wife and children can join him. This is the…
Renewing a residence permit and changing employer in Lithuania
The first permit gets all the attention. The renewal, and the possibility that the worker moves to another employer when it comes round, gets almost none —…
Posting a worker from Lithuania to a client in another EU country
Some EU countries are close to impossible to hire blue collar workers into directly. The Netherlands is the clearest example: the GVVA single permit requires a…
Lithuania's annual quota for non-EU workers, explained for employers
In 2025 Lithuania replaced its labour market test with something simpler to administer and, for employers, easier to plan around — provided you understand the…
Germany's §24a route for non-EU truck drivers
For years the obstacle to hiring non EU drivers in Germany was circular: you needed a German licence to work, and you needed to be in Germany to get one. Since…
When a permit application is refused — what happens next
Refusals are uncommon on a well prepared file, but they happen, and the first hour after one arrives is usually spent on the wrong things. Here is what a…
Temporary residence permit or national D visa: which one does your new hire need?
Employers hiring from outside the EU into Lithuania hear two terms used almost interchangeably: the temporary residence permit and the national visa. They are…
The employer's mediation letter, explained
Everything in a Lithuanian work permit file waits on one document, and most employers have never heard of it before their first international hire. The…